Sobriety checkpoints planned for weekend

Staff photo by Tom Kelly IV
In this file photo, a driver is given a preliminary breath test by a West Chester police officer during a DUI checkpoint stop. He failed the field sobriety tests, the PBT, and was arrested for DUI.

The Chester County Impaired Driving Progam will conduct sobriety checkpoints this weekend at undisclosed locations across the county.

According to a statement released by the West Goshen Police Department, the checkpoints will be conducted on a highway that has a high incidence of alcohol related accidents and arrests. The checkpoints will continue throughout the year at various locations where accident and DUI statistics have shown a significant rate of impaired driving.

The period for the checkpoints will extend from Friday to Sunday, police said.